netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] Control action percpu counters allocation by netlink flag

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Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:55:48 +0000
From:   Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
CC:     Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "xiyou.wangcong@...il.com" <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "mleitner@...hat.com" <mleitner@...hat.com>,
        "dcaratti@...hat.com" <dcaratti@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] Control action percpu counters allocation
 by netlink flag

On Fri 25 Oct 2019 at 14:46, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
> On 2019-10-24 2:05 p.m., Vlad Buslov wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> Yes, of course. I was talking strictly about naming of
>> TCA_ACT_FLAGS_FAST_INIT flag value constant.
>>
>
> Sorry, I missed that. You know discussions on names and
> punctiations can last a lifetime;->[1].
> A name which reflects semantics or established style
> is always helpful. So Marcelo's suggestion is reasonable..
> In the same spirit as TCA_FLAG_LARGE_DUMP_ON, how about:
> TCA_FLAG_NO_PERCPU_STATS?
>
> cheers,
> jamal
> [1]http://bikeshed.com/

It looks like I'm the only one who doesn't like to hardcode internal
kernel data structure names into UAPI. Will change it in V2.

Thanks,
Vlad